ESL Web Sites and Links - Ajarn Forum

bluffer · 17th February 2005, 11:47

Every now and again I see great links being suggested by various people for general ESL or specialised areas of teaching. But after a while they do get lost in the mists of time.

So to stop that, here is a thread of links in general categories.

Organizations
AAIEP www.outfitters.com/com/aaiep/ The American Association of Intensive English Programs
ARELS www.edunet.com/arels/ Association of Recognized English Language Schools
BAAL www.swan.ac.uk/cals/baal.htm British Association of Applied Linguistics
BASELT www.wwt.co.uk/baselt/listbs.html The British Association of State English Language Teaching
BATQI www.u-net.com/eflweb/batqi.html British Association of Teacher Qualifying Institutions
British Council www.britcoun.org
CALICO www.calico.org/ US Consortium for CALL
CILT www.campus.bt.com/CampusWorld/pub/CILT/
Centre for Information on Language Teaching (UK)
ELICOS www.elicos.qut.edu.au/association Australia
IALL www.eleazar.dartmouth.edu/IALL/ International Association for Language Learning Technology
(US)
IATEFL www.man.ac.uk/IATEFL/ International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign
Language
JALT Japan Association of Language Teachers http://www.jalt.org
Materials Developers Association http://www.matsda.org.uk/index.html
NATE http://www.campus.bt.com/CampusWorld...ate/index.html
National Association of Language Teachers (UK)
NCELTR www.nceltr.mq.edu.au/home.html National Council for English Language Teaching (Australia)
NCTE www.ncte.org/ National Council of Teachers of English (US)
TESOL www.tesol.com/ Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
TOEFL web.toefl.org/ Test of English as a Foreign Language
TOEIC www.toeic-usa.com/ Test of English for International Communication
UCLES www.edunet.com//ucles/index.html University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate
University Of Cambridge ESOL http://www.cambridgeesol.org/index.htm
USIA www.usia.gov/ US Information Agency
World of Language www.worldoflanguage.com/

General
Bangkok Post http://readbangkokpost.com.
Aardvark's EFL Resources www.ilcgroup.com/aardvark/
Commercially available TESL material www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Links/Commercial.html
Dave's ESL Cafe on the Web www.eslcafe.com
Digital Education Network Home Page www.go-ed.com/
EFL: An Independent Site www.globalnet.co.uk/~efl/
ERIC Clearinghouse on Teaching & Education www.ericsp.org/index.html
ESL Home Page: University of Illionois UC www.lang.uiuc.edu/r-li/esl/
ESL Loop www.webring.org/cgibin/webring?index&ring=esloop
ESL Virtual Catalog www.pvp.com/esl.htm
Pilgrims Online www.pilgrims.co.uk/
Resources for teachers of EST www.cibnor.conacyt.mx/est/est.html
TEFL Links www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/ESL.html
The Training Resources Store [link deleted--possibly hijacked -Reg]
Volterre- Fr www.wfi.fr/volterre/
Yahoo! - Education:Languages:ESL www.yahoo.com/Education/Languages/
Work Abroad ESL http://www.workabroadesl.com/site/default.asp
EducationGuardian.co.uk TEFL http://education.guardian.co.uk/tefl...480994,00.html
http://www.edhelper.com/ This one is a mix of paid content and free stuff.

Flashcards

www.bogglesworldesl.com
http://www.1-language.com/eslflashcards/
http://www.thefrankes.com/esl/eslflashcards.htm
Clothing: http://www.oup.com/elt/teachersclub/...clothing?cc=th
Food: http://www.oup.com/elt/teachersclub/articles/food?cc=th
http://www.moec.gov.jm/resources/earlychildhood/

Phonetics
Scriptwiter http://phonmap.com

Lesson Plans and other Teacher Resources
CD-ROM Lesson Plans www.mls.co.jp
Clip Art Collection for FL instruction http://www.sla.purdue.edu/fll/JapanP...t/default.html
ESL Plans www.csun.edu/~hcedu/eslplans.html#LessonPlans
ESL Plans from California www.csun.edu/%Ehcedu/eslplans.html
ESL Teacher Connection, Michigan www.sils.umich.edu/~jarmour/etc/etchome.html
Gessler Teacher Tips www.gessler.com/gessler/teach.html
Lesson Plans from a New York teacher members.aol.com/Jakajk/ESLLessons.html
Links to ESL/EFL Lessons on the Net (ITESLJ) www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Links/LessonLinks.html
OTAN Forum http://www.otan.dni.us/cgibin/webdir...son%Plans%FESL
Searching the Web: Handout www.otan.dni.us/webfarm/emailproject/search.htm
TESL/TEFL Game: Wham! www.rede.com/eslgames/wham.htm
ProTeacher - Resources http://www.proteacher.com/
Word Search Maker! http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/word_search/
Linguarama Index of other exercises in Postscript http://www.linguarama.com/ps/other.htm
Worksheets, Teaching Tips, and Rubrics from Teach-nology.com www.teach-nology.com
Children Only ESL-EFL games, clip art flash cards, stories, songs for download http://www.childrenonlyesl-efl.com/
Merriam-Webster OnLine Dictionary http://www.m-w.com/home.htm
Games for learning and teaching English. ELT, ESLTeaching writing in English for ELT-ESL http://www.onestopenglish.com/Games/Index.htm
Free Coloring Pages http://www.coloring.ws/coloring.html
ESL go link to sites for English as a Second Language + EFL teachers http://www.eslgo.com/tlinks.html
englishbanana.com - 400+ Free Printable Worksheets - www.englishbanana.com
Resources http://perso.wanadoo.es/tobyrob/
www.englishteacherx.com
www.efl4u.com - EFL _ ESL FUN English Teaching Lesson Worksheets
Handouts Online_ Supplementary English Resources and Materials for EFL _ ESL _ TEFL Teachers http://www.handoutsonline.com/
Kid Crosswords and Other Puzzles--November - December 2004 http://www.kidcrosswords.com/
http://www.theschoolbell.com/Links/Dolch/Contents.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/
http://www.britishcouncil.org/learni...-resources.htm
http://www.collins.co.uk/Corpus/CorpusSearch.aspx
http://www.edhelper.com ( mostly american orientated )

Computers http://www.kidsdomain.com/brain/computer/lesson.html

Telling Time
http://sln.fi.edu/time/Journey/JustInTime/contents.html

Geography
http://geography.about.com/cs/blankoutlinemaps/

for adults
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/

Report Card Writing
www.rayslearning.com/report.htm free
www.gradekeeper.com Not free but click 'pay later' each time and it is

Wordsearch Generators
http://www.schoolhousetech.com

Testing and Examinations
Bibliography for Language Testing (Kitao) ilc.doshisha.ac.jp/users/kkitao/library/biblio/testbib.html
CILTS www.edunet.com/ciltsrsa/
College of Preceptors www.preceptors.ac.uk/preceptors
Analytical Writing (high level) http://www.ucop.edu/sas/awpe/sample.html
ESL Placement Test http://www.testingoffice.uci.edu/AE.html
Language Testing Articles Database www.surrey.ac.uk/ELI/langtest/ltfind.html
Language Testing Research Group (Lancaster) www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/groups/ltrg/index.htm
Resources in Language Testing Page www.surrey.ac.uk/ELI/ltr.html
Test Suites for Natural Language Processing (Essex) www.essex.ac.uk/group/projects/tsnlp/
The British Council: English Language Tests www.britcoun.org/english/insengte.htm
TOEFL OnLine www.toefl.org
Cambridge FCE Practice Tests http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/fce/students/tests/tsindex.htm
Cambridge CAE Practice Tests
http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/student...s/pt1index.htm
Cambridge CPE Practice Tests
http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cpe/students/tests/index.htm
University Of Cambridge ESOL Exams http://www.cambridgeesol.org/exams/index.htm

Grammar & Quizzes
Elementary Grammar www.hiway.co.uk/~ei/intro.html
ESL Quiz Center (ESLCafe) www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/#grammar
Grammar and Style Notes www.english.upenn.edu/~jlynch/grammar.html
Grammar Help www.hut.fi/~rvilmi/LangHelp/Grammar/
Grammar Links www.gl.umbc.edu/~kpokoy/grammar.htm
INTALL (Internet Aided Language Learning) www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum//test.html
Language Net www.point.co.uk/lnet/
On-Line English Grammar (Edunet) www.edunet.com/english/grammar/toc.html
Self-Study Quizzes www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/
www.roadtogrammar.com

Forums
English Language Teaching Web Discussion Forums
ELT Web www.eltweb.com/laison/discussion_forums
ESL Cafe Job Discussion Forums http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/job/
ESL Cafe - Forums http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/teacher/
ESLEFLjobs.com Forum http://eslefljobs.com/forum/index.php
Thai School Watch http://www.teflwatch.org/forum
http://www.genkienglish.net/curriculum.htm

Snaff · 17th February 2005, 12:48

Very helpful, Bluffer.

www.eslgold.com

wangsuda · 19th February 2005, 22:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by bluffer

Maybe a mod could turn it into a sticky

Consider it stickied. I will be adding my own teaching sites as soon as I have my grades finished. I will add some virtual classroom sites, teaching sites, grammar sites, and story sites.

wangsuda · 22nd February 2005, 08:33

While not necessarity related to ESL/EFL teaching per se (sorry, Bluffer), these sites can provide a wealth of information to aid you in the classroom. If you have internet available in your classroom, then the math and science sites can really aid your students in understanding various topics.

Free, downloadable literature:
http://www.talesetc.com/shortstoryindex01.htm
http://www.gutenberg.net/

Grammar sites:
(common errors in English) http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/
(idioms) http://home.t-online.de/home/toni.goeller/idiom_wm/
(more idioms) http://www.eslcafe.com/idioms/id-mngs.html
(anagrams) http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/
(conversation questions, PDF format) http://iteslj.org/questions/
(language puzzle generators) http://www.puzzlemaker.com/
(complete guide to the phonetic alphabet for English) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...et_for_English

On second thought (and since I have so many) I will not post the math and science sites here. They are available on request. Just PM me.

machangezi · 25th February 2005, 17:14

I will be adding some in near future. Would it be a problem if a non native speaker of English provide some links on esl / efl?

wangsuda · 18th June 2005, 19:08

Introduction to Composition: http://bol1800-01.k12.fsu.edu/compositionpage.html
Guide to English Grammar: http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/index2.htm
Guide to Grammar and Writing (quick links): http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm
PowerPoint Resources: http://classroom.jc-schools.net/la/a...resources.html
More PowerPoint Resources: http://jc-schools.net/write/ppt.html

wangsuda · 20th June 2005, 22:39

Stories for learners of all ages: http://www.talesetc.com/index.html
Literature activities and lesson plans ( intermediate and advanced learners): http://www.richmond.k12.va.us/readam...activities.htm

TtlESL · 14th July 2005, 09:33

www.TotalESL.com

I would like to introduce my website (www.TotalESL.com) to help ESL/EFL teachers and schools (international, private, government and institute) communicate and find each other. This site was a personal project that is dedicated to all of Asia (including the Middle East), as well as Australia and New Zealand. It is visually appealing, user-friendly and highly functional. The site has over 10 databases with 50 search features. The whole site is free and you can upload, post and search every country in Asia for schools, jobs, resumes, yellow pages (English friendly businesses), general information topics, classifieds and lesson plans. There is also a forum for each country.

Please feel free to visit www.TotalESL.com and…
post your resume at http://www.totalesl.com/showpostingt...ingtype=resume
post a school under the “Schools” at http://www.totalesl.com/showpostingt...ingtype=school
post a job in our “Jobs” section at http://www.totalesl.com/showpostingt...ostingtype=job
share a lesson at http://www.totalesl.com/showpostingt...e=lesson&area=

There is no paid advertising on this site and links are provided only to associations or publishers to promote education and understanding of English in Asia or internationally.

Also, if you have any suggestions or comments, I would greatly welcome them. My goal is to provide a site that is functional and educational without becoming an advertising gimmick.

Info@TotalESL.com
http://www.TotalESL.com/

wangsuda · 14th July 2005, 22:48

Interesting activities for EFL students: http://www.manythings.org/
Concise guide to English grammar (thanks Snaff): http://englishplus.com/grammar/contents.htm

MikeS · 18th August 2005, 16:32

A ve

ry helpful thread for a newbie like me. Thanks to all concerned.

asterisk · 28th December 2005, 17:35

yEAH this is great stuff.

MikeS · 30th December 2005, 10:06

Excellent

Particularly liked the advanced writing describe photos exercise as I do similar things myself.

ScorpioPower · 25th February 2006, 12:43

I can't get an answer to this in the general forum area, so I'll ask the question in here.

Can anyone recommend a/some site/s where I can download free songs and chants for kids?

Cheers

MrMarcus · 15th March 2006, 13:00

Saved me lots of time. Many thanks!! :chug: